# Community Mental Health Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-nurse/9f2afd9b-b0dd-4e8f-a479-2a92c2e56611 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-nurse/9f2afd9b-b0dd-4e8f-a479-2a92c2e56611.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St George's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 29.25 hours per week (Mon-Fri 9-5 - day off to be negotiated) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-16T13:40:48.578Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Shrewsbury/Midlands_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8354344 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8354344?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This role is not eligble for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn The Central Shropshire Community Mental Health Team is recruiting a Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse. In the role you will work in an adult community mental health service, delivering a high-quality clinical service to patients and their families. You will be working with an identified caseload with access to regular and robust supervision. You will be delivering nursing interventions, in accordance with an agreed care plan, to an identified group of people experiencing mental health related difficulties. You will work in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team and will provide nursing interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and / or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures, involving the service user and any identified carer throughout the clinical pathway. You will need to travel independently over a large geographical area and will require suitable transport ### Main duties of the job - Take responsibility, with supervision of the Band 6 Nurse, for the management of a complex caseload, which includes, specialist assessment (within service specification), care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, evaluation of individual treatment plans. - Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy. - Administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC Guidance. - Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care. - Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and Pathway guidance including; pharmacological and psychologically informed interventions. - Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence. - Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions. - Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of interventions, as part of the care planning and evaluation process. - Support in the provision of formal and informal training of pre/post registration students, staff members, carers and service users. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role including key responsibilities ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with people experiencing mental health related difficulties. - Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs. **Desirable** - Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously - Experience of assessing, planning, co-ordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting. ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - A recorded/registered qualification in Mental Health Nursing. - Post qualification experience, such as evidence of formal courses and training relevant to people with complex mental health needs related to emotional instability - Active on NMC Register **Desirable** - Qualification in psychological interventions such as DBT, SCM, CBT, EMDR, MBT, relevant to a client group with complex mental health needs ## Documents - [cmhn b5 (pdf, 184.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10680111) - [benefits booklet (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2957) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.